WHEREAS people in Wilmot deserve to have their clean drinking water protected, and
WHEREAS farmland in Wilmot needs to be protected, and
WHEREAS the proposal by Jackson Harvest Farms Ltd., for the Hallman Pit puts Wilmot's water at an increased vulnerability; and
WHEREAS operations at the proposed Hallman Pit will negatively impact our rural communities; and
WHEREAS communities deserveto be assured that there will be no negative impacts to the safety and quality of the air they breath
WHEREAS prime agriculture lands should be protected for food production
WHEReAS extraction of natural capitol (sand and gravel) in an area protected under the Source Protection Plan (a recharge area for the Waterloo Moraine) presents an unacceptable increased risk to our drinking water
WE THE UNDERSIGNED petition the Wilmot Township Council to oppose the Jackson Harvest Farms proposal for the Wilmot township Gravel Pit
hills pulling away the grass to get to it’s precious gravel. Smoke stacks belching out fumes. It’s like a monster has ripped apart the hillside, the green of the grass and trees is gone only to leave a jagged mound of dirt behind. The dump trucks filled with gravel race along the corridor spewing pollution from their smoke stacks and tail pipes. Why are there so many and now another one wants to join the crowd. How much land, especially farmland is going to be destroyed for gravel. And how much water is going to be wasted to wash the dirt when there are shortages in our communities. People need water first, then the animals. Not to wash ground.
We can’t call this progress when the land has been destroyed and we have no water for our children to drink.
PLEASE STOP THE PIT.
Thank you.